Sasikiran joint second with two rounds to go in chess
2010-11-15 19:30:00
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Guangzhou: Indian Grandmaster Sasikiran Krishnan continued his unbeaten run with two wins and a draw today to sit at joint second after the seventh round and remain in contention for a medal in the chess competition of the Asian Games here.
Seeded second in the competition, Sasikiran began the day with a draw against Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan before defeating Vietnamese Nguyen Ngoc Truong and So Wesley of Philippines in the sixth and seventh rounds respectively.
Another Indian in the men’s section, Surya Sekhar Ganguly won two matches — against Filippov Anton of Uzbekistan and Moradiabadi Elshan of Iran — while losing to Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan.
After seven rounds, Sasikiran now sits at joint second on 5.5 points along with top seed Le Quang Liem of Vietnam while Ganguly is at joint fifth on five points. Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan was the sole leader on six points.
Only two rounds are left to played tomorrow in both men and women categories to decide the individual medalists before the team events commence from November 18 and run till November 26.
Among women, Harika Dronavalli and Tania Sachdev are at joint fourth on five points each after the seventh round.
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Is Kasimdzhanov that good?
In this field Kasimdzhanov IS ‘that good’! Remember he was once a FIDE World Champion too.
Good going by Sasikiran.
Men Individual after 7 rounds:-
1 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam UZB 2685 6.0
2 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2689 5.5
3 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2688 5.5
4 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2680 5.5
5 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2644 5.0
6 GM Filippov Anton UZB 2620 5.0
7 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2528 5.0
8 GM Sadvakasov Darmen KAZ 2627 4.5
9 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2628 4.5
10 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas KAZ 2623 4.5
11 GM Ni Hua CHN 2633 4.5
12 GM So Wesley PHI 2669 4.5
Women Individual after 7 rounds:-
1 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2591 6.5
2 WIM Pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2337 5.5
3 GM Zhao Xue CHN 2474 5.5
4 IM Harika Dronavalli IND 2525 5.0
5 WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram VIE 2271 5.0
6 IM Tania Sachdev IND 2385 5.0 0
7 GM Zhu Chen QAT 2477 4.5
8 WIM Muminova Nafisa UZB 2360 4.5
9 WGM Bathimeg Tuvshintugs MGL 2327 4.5
GM So is just ‘so-so’